With the original, my issue was less the actors themselves as much as the obviously bad voice direction.  It was pretty much of the George Lucas school of "Faster and more intense."  Not that it was solely guilty of that as it was kind of the animation default, until Andrea Romano showed them how to do it, by actually directing the voice actors and not just having them read lines.  She got performances out of people.  Hanna-Barbera used to get that because they actors were all trained in radio and pretty much knew what they were doing, but H-B had good voice directors.

The animation really used to bug me, because it was sooo stiff.  Trying to emulate the look of 90s comics was just wrong in so many ways and you would think that some animator would have explained to Saban or whoever that you have to animate each line, so you need to streamline as much as possible.  WB did that and Batman was almost as fluid as theatrical animation (not really, but far closer than what had passed for animation on tv, for decades).

I might check out an episode here or there, but never watched it with any regularity until they started adapting classic storylines, like the birth of Phoenix and the Dark Phoenix Saga.  It was nice to see the Starjammers and such and then the Hellfire Club, though the ending just doesn't really work without Jean dying.  I never liked the alternate comic ending, with her de-powered, as it did seem a cop-out, just as Shooter argued.

I haven't watched a Marvel-based animated series in ages (some video things, like Ultimate Avengers).  I did like Avengers:  Earth's Mightiest Heroes quite a bit, except Iron Man sounded like Kevin Smith.  I kept waiting for him to say "Snooch to the Nooch," or something.  That;s what they should have done...one episode with Thor voiced by Jay Mewes and Thor and Iron Man hang around outside a convenience store, in costume, saying stupid stuff and selling weed.

I definitely liked the last couple better then the 1st two... maybe its the nostalglia kicking in, I'm not sure. The Motendo episode definitely made me smile. It does seem like they piling quite a few stories into one, it'll be interesting to see how it all turns out.

Beast quoting Fred Rogers!

While I think they occasionally go a little faster than I'd like, especially with Inferno, I actually like the faster pace in general. I feel like the season-long slow burn and larger number of episodes is kind of a dated format and would drag down the excitement. Though up to 12-13 is not a bad idea at all.

Last night's episode was good, too. It's interesting to see the plots they are adapting, and I am confident they will be done better here than in the comics.

Yes, what a great episode. I'm loving this show, and I don't mind the weekly release because it allows the impact to weigh for a while. Don't get me wrong, I hate it at the end of the episode, though.

Only three episodes in, and I'm absolutely getting the same impression. What was even the point of introducing Madelyne Pryor? Her entire existence made for an eight minute complication. I understand that they are trying to get it all out there fast in case they don't get renewed (and, likely, to increase their chances of getting renewed), but the X-Men franchise's greatest strength has always those moments in between, where characters are given time to just react to all that they've been through. The Madelyne Pryor thing alone could have made for many episodes-worth of rich soul-searching for Madelyne, Jean, Scott, Logan, and maybe even some of the others watching from the sidelines.

My deepest, wildest hope is that the show will eventually get approved to not only do another season, but also go back and create "special editions" of the existing episodes where scenes are added and extended to make the whole thing flow properly.